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Stack #148527Principles of Ecology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Living factors | biotic |
| Nonliving factors | abiotic |
| Its way of life or the role a species plays in its environment | niche |
| Symbiosis | relationships within an ecosystem |
| The area on and around Earth where life exists | Biosphere |
| Relationship where one benefits and the other is harmed | parasitism |
| Relationship where one benefits, but the other is neither hurt nor helped | commensalism |
| Relationship where both organisms benefit | mutualism |
| All of the biotic and abiotic components of an environment | Ecosystem |
| All of the members of a species that live in the same area | Population |
| All populations in one area | Community |
| The physical area in which an organism lives | habitat |
| Plant eater | Herrbivore |
| Meat eater | Carnivore |
| Makes its own food | Autotroph |
| Gets its energy by eating other organisms | Heterotroph |
| Breaks down dead and decaying orgamisms and returns nutrients to the cycles of nature | Decomposers |
| Captures, kills, and consumes another individual | predator |
| A harmless species resembles a poisonous or distasteful species | mimicry |
| The use of the same limited resources by two or more species | competition |